Indonesian authorities on Monday bombed the last major ship internationally wanted for years of illegally taking toothfish from southern waters, reiterating a strong message to would-be poachers who enter the country’s waters. It was one of the half dozen ships dubbed the “Bandit 6” by the nonprofit Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which hunted the boats and was among those who alerted Indonesian officials when the Viking entered the country’s waters. “This is to serve as a deterrent to others,” Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti told reporters. The Viking was operating as a so-called ghost ship, frequently changing its name and registry and not broadcasting any type of satellite signal so that its whereabouts could be tracked, said Siddharth Chakravarty, Sea Shepherd’s campaign leader, by satellite phone from a ship in the Indian Ocean. ...
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